Aegyptonycteris
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aegyptonycteris-268-16168979
title:
Aegyptonycteris
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Aegyptonycteris is a genus of extinct bat from the Late Eocene of North Africa. It is currently known from a single specimen from the Birket Qarun Formation in the Fayum Depression in western Egypt. Aegyptonycteris is notable both its large size, comparable to the larger modern bat species, as well due to its omnivorous diet, as opposed to the mostly insectivorous diets of other Eocene bats. This makes it a remarkable example of early chiropteran speciation, having not only attained a rather lar
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Extinct genus of bats
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegyptonycteris
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2023-10-04T23:26:11Z
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